The lawyer for a man accused of murder was in court Tuesday asking for a publication ban on the trial of a second person charged in the case.

Christina Asp and Norman Larue were initially scheduled to face murder charges together for the 2008 death of Gordon Seybold.

The pair have since been scheduled for separate trials, with Asp's slated to happen in March. Larue's will follow later in the year.

The application by Larue's lawyer is to ban all evidence in Asp's trial from being published until Larue's is complete.

A publication ban was ordered on any discussions at Tuesday's hearing.

Justice Leigh Gower is expected to rule next week.

Seybold's body was found in the charred remains of his Ibex Valley home in March 2008. The 63-year-old's death was considered suspicious, but no suspects were publicly named at the time.

Asp and Larue were arrested in Strathmore, Alta. on Aug. 4, 2009 and charged with first-degree murder.

Larue is also accused of arson in relation to Seybold's death.